Jorge Llopart
Spanish racewalker (1952–2020)
Llopart at the 1980 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1952-05-05)5 May 1952 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 November 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 68) Badalona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walking | |||||||||||||||||
Club | GCR La Seda | |||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 50 kmW – 3:44:33 (1989)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas (5 May 1952 – 11 November 2020) was a Spanish race walker.
He competed in the 50 km event at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1980. The silver medal was Spain's first ever medal in athletics.[3] Llopart was a European champion in this event in 1978.[1][2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 1st | 50 km | 3:53:29.9 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 2nd | 50 km | 3:51:25 |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th | 50 km | 4:08:28 |
1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 4th | 50 km | 3:52:57 |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 28th | 20 km | 1:27:49 | |
— | 50 km | DNF | |||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | 50 km | 4:03:09 |
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 8th | 50 km | 4:02:55 |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 9th | 50 km | 3:52:12 |
1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 14th | 50 km | 3:55:35 |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | — | 50 km | DQ | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 13th | 50 km | 3:48:09 |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | — | 50 km | DNF |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 17th | 50 km | 4:16:36 |
References
- ^ a b Jordi Llopart. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Jorge Llopart. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jordi Llopart.
- Jorge Llopart at World Athletics
- Jordi Llopart in the Catalonia's Championship
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50 kilometres
- 1934: Jānis Daliņš (LAT)
- 1938: Harold Whitlock (GBR)
- 1946: John Ljunggren (SWE)
- 1950: Pino Dordoni (ITA)
- 1954: Vladimir Ukhov (URS)
- 1958: Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS)
- 1962: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
- 1966: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
- 1969: Christoph Höhne (GDR)
- 1971: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)
- 1974: Christoph Höhne (GDR)
- 1978: Jorge Llopart (ESP)
- 1982: Reima Salonen (FIN)
- 1986: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
- 1990: Andrey Perlov (URS)
- 1994: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
- 1998: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2006: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2018: Maryan Zakalnytskyy (UKR)
35 kilometres
- 2022: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
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